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(No Model.)

J. E. DOOLITTLE 8u H. G. SHERWOUD'.

GORSET.

No. 273,042. Patented Feb; 27, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. DOOLITTLE AND HENRY O. SHERWOOD,OF BRIDGEPOBT, CON- NECTIGUT, ASSIGNOBS TO I. W. BIRDSEYE 85 CO., OF SAME PLACE.

' CORSET.

SPECIFICATION 4forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,042, dated February 27, 1883.

Application fired october/19, rss2. (No'moaei.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES E. DOQLI'ITLE and HENRY C. SHERWOOD, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairiield and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Gorsets.; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specication, and represents a side view of' the corset.

This invention relates to an improvement in th at class ot' corsets which have the hip-section cutaway or open over the hip, and is an improvement upon the corset patented to I. W. Birdseye, April 6,1880, assigneein this application.

In this class of corsets-that is, corsets which have an opening over the hip-a difficulty is experienced from thefact that the fabric breaks or tears from the edge of the opening upward.

One feat-ure of o ur invention has for its object to overcome this difficulty; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the front section, B the rear section, that part between forming the hip-section. It is cut away at its lower part to form an opening, C, to span the hip. Like the patent before referred to, a central strip or stay, D, extends from the top down over the hip. Across from the front section to'the rear section is a transverse stay-piece, E, curved to correspond to the upper side of the opening, and with a series of transverse cords, a,intro duced to further strengthen this stay-piece. Above this` stay-piece the section is corded or stayed in the usual manner with a series of vertical stays, b, eachside the central stay, D. These run down into the upper edge of the stay-piece E. The transverse stay-piece across the opening and over the hip strengthens the hip-section at that point and prevents its tearing or ripping. The vertical stay D is connected to the back section, B, by an elastic band, F, and to the front by a buckle or adjustable strap, G.

We clainl- A' corset constructed with an opening over the hip between the front and rear sections, a hip-section above said opening, combined with a transverse stay-piece extending from the front to the rear section, and forming the lower part of the hip-section,conibined with a vertical* stay extending from the top of the corset centrally down over the hip-section and o ver the hip opening, with an elastic connection, F, from one section to the stay at the bottom ot' the-opening, and the adjustable strap G from the other section to the stay at the bottom ofthe opening, substantially as described.

JAMES E. DOOLITTLE. H. G. SHERWOUD..

Witnesses GEO. F. BUSHNELL, ARTHUR E. PENEIELD. 

